Weight Loss
Five Best-Kept Secrets to Include in Your Diet
You always hear about foods that you need to avoid or eliminate from your diet. What about foods that you should be eating, but may not ...
The Eight Powerhouse Foods You Should Be Eating
These 8 powerhouse foods are filled with nutrients that are very beneficial for your body. Consider adding these foods to your diet to assist in weight loss ...
Smart Substitutions: 5 'Staples' to Trade Out of Your Pantry
Any stop to the grocery store is made quicker and easier when you just have a few 'staples' to pick up. There are many things we ...
9 Tricks to Staying Healthy When Eating Out
Eating out can be a gamble especially for people who are watching their weight or managing certain health conditions. Many of the foods prepared outside of ...
Five Eating Habits You Should Break
Some of your daily habits may be hindering your health or weight loss goals. Little things you do throughout the day can either propel you forward ...
Smart Substitutions When Dining Out
Many foods offered at restaurants are not prepared in the same healthful way that you would make them at home. Heavy use of sugar, oil, butter, ...
Healthy Living 101: The Ins and Outs of Fiber
Fiber comes from plants and can be found in fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, and whole grains. Fiber is the portion of plant foods that the ...
Five Common Foods That Are Ruining Your Waistline
When I speak to clients, I frequently hear the words: "I thought that was good for you!" There are many foods that seem to be "healthy" ...
Smart Substitutions: Sweet Cravings
Eating healthy does not mean that you must eliminate all sweets from your diet. You just have to be smart about how you satisfy your sweet ...
Celebrate Valentine's Day in a Healthy Way
Valentine's Day brings not only feelings of love and joy, it also brings high-calorie chocolates, candies, cookies, and other treats. Since February is American Heart Month, ...
Healthy Living 101: Understanding Whole Grains
Whole grains are made up of the entire or "whole" grain, including the bran, germ, and innermost part of the kernel, the endosperm. Each portion of ...
Being a Couch Potato Is More Harmful Than You Think
The idea of "couch potatoes" tends to conjure up images of overweight, lazy unkempt slacker-types. We've heard about the research that has shown that the more ...
Healthy Living 101: Classifying Foods
Foods can be classified by the way they affect the body and/or by their food group. It is important to understand both in order to ...
The Truth About Brown Fat
You may have heard of the term "brown fat" before, so what does that mean exactly? It's not a type of fat you cook with, but ...
Proteins, Fats, and Carbs: How to Balance Your Diet
Dieting can be confusing. High-protein diets claim to help you lose weight quickly, but can lead to high cholesterol and increase your risk for heart disease. ...
Excess Weight Ages Us More Quickly
We all know that being overweight or obese can pose threats to our health, especially at a young age. But what effects does overweight or obesity ...
Healthy Living 101: How to Read a Nutrition Label
Too often, purchasing food can be confusing, especially with all of the persuasive marketing tactics used by food companies. Learning how to read, understand, and compare ...
Calorie Saving Substitutions
If you eat more calories than your body needs, your body will inevitable store them as excess weight. The trick is to reduce your calorie intake ...
Ideal Body Composition: What You Should Know
We live in a culture that has become increasingly more obsessed with body image and weight. Dangerously thin bodies are celebrated and coveted, perpetuating the unrealistic ...
Eat This, Not That: Breakfast Edition
You've heard that breakfast is the most important meal. It boosts your metabolism, staves off hunger, and provides you energy to start and get through your ...
Recent Weight Loss
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How White Tea Helps Boost Your Weight Loss Efforts
Depending on the type of tea you choose, you may be able to soothe your stomach, boost your weight loss or improve your skin. Green tea ... Read More »
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Is Marijuana Good for You? The Answers May Surprise You
Now that recreational marijuana use is legal in some states, studies investigating the short- and long-term health effects of lighting a fatty are everywhere. Here’... Read More »
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Can Specific Proteins and Carbs Keep Weight Off?
We have always heard that "calories in versus calories out" is the hard and fast rule when it comes to weight loss. Of course, being mindful ... Read More »
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Six Metabolism Boosting Foods for Faster Weight Loss
Metabolism is the process of how the body converts what you eat and drink into energy. Even at rest, the body needs energy provided by calories ... Read More »
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How Do You Tell a Loved One that They Need to Lose Weight?
With the holiday season here in full force, you will soon be surrounded by long-lost aunts, cousins, family friends and heck-knows-who, maybe even the gentlemen who ... Read More »
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10 Things You SHOULDN'T Do if You're Trying to Lose Weight
I often tell people the things they shouldn't do if they're trying to drop a few (or maybe several) pounds, rather than tell them what they ... Read More »
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Who Loses Weight Faster: Men or Women?
Any women who's gone on a diet with her boyfriend, husband or guy pal may recall watching the pounds melt from her man's body while her ... Read More »
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Artificial Sweeteners Can Actually Cause Weight Gain
If you are simply trying to lower blood sugar, artificial sweeteners can be helpful, but when it comes to weight loss, keep in mind that artificial ... Read More »
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Debunking the Myth of Sports Drinks
A doctor at the hospital where I work likes to say that soda is the same thing as poison. As a dietitian, I would say soda ... Read More »
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Can You Really Lose Weight with the New FDA-Approved Drug?
For the first time in over a decade, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a new prescription weight-loss medication called lorcaserin, which will be sold ... Read More »